Digestive characteristics of patients with cryptogenetic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis
| Case No | Sex/age (y) | Interval between first symptoms and stricture diagnosis (y) | Digestive involvement | Location of strictures | No of strictures | 99mTc HMPAO labelled leucocyte isotope scan | Angiography | Treatment | Recurrence (No of strictures) | No of laparotomies | Interval between first treatment and recurrence (y) | Follow up (y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M/29 | 5 | Subocclusion | J | 3 | ND | Normal | Surgery, steroid therapy | + (1) | 3 | 3.5 | 17 |
| 2 | M/39 | 5 | Subocclusion, diarrhoea | J+I | 8 | ND | ND | Surgery | — | 1 | — | 26 |
| 3 | F/36 | 1 | Subocclusion | J | 2 | ND | ND | Surgery | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| 4 | M/50 | ? | Subocclusion, diarrhoea | I | 4 | ND | ND | — | — | 0 | — | 0 (death) |
| 5 | F/70 | 0.5 | Subocclusion | J | 4 | Jejunum uptake | ND | Surgery, mesalazine | + (2) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | M/49 | 4 | Subocclusion | J+I | 17 | ND | ND | Surgery, steroid therapy | + | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | M/36 | 7 | Subocclusion | J+I | 24 | ND | ND | Balloon endoscopic dilatation | + | 1 | <1 | 1.5 |
| 8 | M/15 | 5 | Subocclusion | J+I | 5 | ND | Stenosis, aneurysms | Surgery | + | 1 | 11 | 15 |
| 9 | M/35 | 7 | Subocclusion | J | 6 | ND | ND | Surgery, steroid therapy | + (3+1+1) | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | F/65 | 12 | Subocclusion | I | 7 | ND | Aneurysms | Surgery | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| 111-1 | F/34 | 11 | Subocclusion | J+I | 14 | Jejunum uptake | Stenosis, aneurysms | Surgery, steroid therapy, azathioprine, methotrexate | + | 2 | <1 | 6 |
| 12 | F/47 | 8 | Subocclusion | I | 5 | ND | ND | Surgery | + (1) | 2 | 4 | 6 |
—, not applicable; +, present; ?, unknown; ND, not done; J, jejunum; I, ileum; HMPAO, hexamethyl propylene amine oxime.
↵1-1 Previously reported.11